Warming up the crowd

Feature: Bluegrass reunion

For decades, the musicians of the tiny town of Frost, Ohio, gathered on Saturday nights to play their bluegrass and country music, in the building owned by the Grand Army of the Republic -- first veterans of the Civil War, then their descendants.

It turned out that the building needed a new roof, so to raise money the players from years past all got together at a school in nearby Stewart and held…  (read more)

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Warming up the crowd

A number of active bluegrass bands preceded the reunion performance.

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Jamming before the show

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The reunion show begins

Ronnie Workman starts it off with "Take This Hammer."

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There were more than two-dozen players in all

Those who used to play at the GAR Hall in Frost but who don't play anymore were welcomed onstage, too.

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The flattops step forward

Tell these folks the key and they'll keep up.

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A good crowd for a small town

Many in attendance were regulars at the original Frost G.A.R. Hall shows years ago.

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So many guitars . . .

. . . a man had to stand sideways to get to a mic.

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Not even emphysema . . .

. . . could damage Roger Sholes's fondly remembered and still tremendously powerful voice.

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. . . and the audience responded enthusiastically

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